NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. (四月 7, 2017) – WBC輕量級世界冠軍 加里·拉塞爾JR. will make the second defense of his title when he faces top challenger 奧斯卡埃斯坎東 星期六, 五月 20 in themain event of 精彩表演拳擊錦標賽 from the recently opened MGM National Harbor in Maryland live on SHOWTIME.
The Maryland-native 拉塞爾JR. (27-1, 16 科斯) and the WBC Interim Featherweight Champion 埃斯卡登 (25-2, 17 科斯) will battle in one of boxing’s most talented divisions that continues to deliver exciting action fight after fight. A lineup of exciting co-featured attractions will be announced next week.
“I’m a gladiator getting ready for a tough battle,” 羅素說JR. “This is going to be a huge night for my family and I’m glad that the time is here. This will be the first time as pros that I get to fight on the same card as both of my little brothers, (unbeaten bantamweight) Gary Antonio and (2016 中美. 奧林匹亞) Gary Antuanne, plus my brother Gary Allan will work all of our corners. We’re excited to get in the ring and show the fans what we’re capable of doing in the ring.”
“I’ve had to wait for this opportunity to face Gary Russell Jr. and I’m going to take full advantage of it,” said Escandon. “It’s going to be a great fight and I know the fans are going to get their money’s worth. 我覺得 100 percent healthy and now that the fight is here I am ready to knock him out.”
Tickets for the live event promoted by TGB Promotions are priced at $200, $150, $100 和 $50,
and are now on sale.
To purchase tickets go toHTTP://mgmnationalharbor.com/.
The main event is co-promoted by Sampson Boxing.
This bout was originally scheduled to take place on March 11
but was rescheduled after Escandon suffered a back injury in training camp.
Fans who bought tickets for the March 11
show will have their tickets honored on May 20.
“This is going to be a great night of boxing,” 說湯姆·布朗, TGB促銷總統. “The featherweight division is very hot right now with the recent wins by Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares. There is something very special going on in the division and this will be another memorable fight. Escandon is a tough warrior who has proven time and again that he doesn’t care about going on the road or where he fights. There are great boxing fans in the Washington, 哥倫比亞特區, Maryland and Virginia region and they are in-store for an exciting night on 五月 20.”
A speedy and supremely talented boxer, 拉塞爾小, was impressive in his fourth-round stoppage of the battle-tested Jhonny Gonzalez that earned him the title in March 2015. 該 2008 中美. Olympian had scored important victories over Vyacheslav Gusev, Juan Ruiz and Miguel Tamayo before losing a majority decision to Vasyl Lomachenko for the WBO 126-pound title in June 2014. 左撇子, 國會高地, MD。, most recently scored a dominant second-round TKO victory over Patrick Hyland in his first title defense in April 2016.
Fighting out of Ibague, 哥倫比亞, Escandon turned pro in 2008 and was undefeated in his first 22 專業的較量. Escandon won an interim world title at super bantamweight in 2014 when he defeated Tyson Cave in his U.S. 登場. He earned his shot at Russell Jr. last March when he survived an early knockdown to score a knockout victory over Robinson Castellanos in the seventh round of their showdown in Washington, D.C.
